Atjto-tire-tube carrier



C. JERABEK.

AUTO TIRE TUBE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED mmo. 1920.

1,351,5 17'. Patented Aug. 31,1920.

3 SHEEIS-SHEET a.

INVENTOR Giza/"Les Jerabebf ATTORNEY.

C JERABEK.

AUTO TIRE TUBE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20, 1920.

1,351,517, Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

3 SHEETSSHEET 2- INVENTOR. 1 c c Charles JePH Z ATTORNEY C. JERABEK.

AUTO TIRE TUBE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.20, 1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 INVENfOR. zuzriesj%viabeifi 'ATTQRNEY.

Patented Aug. 31,1920.

CHARLES manner g, or PHILADElLPi-ZIA, r ENnsYLVANIA, A S SiGNOR orrrsemm), orPHI Anr rHIn, ,PENNSYLVANIA. v I

AU QT IRrLTUBE-GARRIERJ v To all whom it may concert v 1 5 Be it known that I, CHARLES JERABEK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at'the city of Philadelphia, intthe county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain anew and ;useful. Improvementsxln Auto-Tl're Tube Carriers,'of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a. device which supported from a motorcar for-clenchingly holdingaseries of tire-tubes against unauthorized detachment, but notasofas' to.pre-

vent 'readly removal when requir'edffor use;

and in such connectionmy inventiomrelates to the, structural arrangem'entof the carrier forthe defined purposelw The principal objects of my invention, are" first, to provide a tire-tube-carrier of'simpli fied construction which ;-is comparatively the carrier readily adjustable for clenchingly holding the tireetubes in locked condi tion against unauthorized I dernOuntability,

yet not so as toprevent" quick removal when required, for use; and. second, to provlde 1a tire-tube carrier so arranged as to be readily adapted to rlms of different dimensions! for complemental slze tire-tubes 1n provldlng an all around tire; tube carrier for application to any-ofthemany different makesof motor vehicles. 1

The nature; characteristic features' scope of my present invention will be more fully understood; from 1 the following: description taken in connectionywith the accompanyinv drawings forming part 'hereof D V b r Fig. 10, is an enlarged underneath plan view 'of the left hand shoe ofgthedevice of,

Fig. 3 is a :verticahsectional '01! line-8 3 ofFigplz cessed shoe as part of a: sleeve turnable on Specification of LetterslPatent.

toothed foot for providing a variable for reception of a tire tube ri-m. i

elevation vauto tire-tube carrier, embodylng the partic meromthe saidspindle andthe plunger tongue of .notched'ring forming part of the lockingmeans. of the carrier. 1 Fig. 6 is a verticalcentral; sectional View of the yoke of the carrierdev-ice, showing the threaded bore for the vertical spindle to engage and flaring bearing pockets for housing the spindles of the fixed shoe members of the said carrier device.

Fig.7 is an enlarged. view partly-in sec- --tion and'partly in side elevation of one of the fixed shoe members of the device, show-v ing the right hand recessed part of the said 'memberformed for reception of a tire-tube I atented- Aug. 31,1920. Application flediJan ua ry 20, 1920., Serial lqo'. 352,676. I

flanged rim, and the left hand ratched sur-"- iface-r memb'er"provided with a shiftable -Fig. 8 is an enlarged broken sectional view partly in side elevation, showing the vertical spindle having threaded andhexagi onal-shaped"- portions and a1:shoe' provided with a ratchetedsurface and'toothed foot :-.for thevreception of different size tire-tube rims, and witha sleevehaving as part a -locking means jand arecessed shoe, and-also "fshowing the notched ring as partof the locking-means of the' 'said device; i i i i Fig. 9 is} an enlarged. fragmen'taryv sectional .Vdetailed view, showingthea form of, .l notches -,of the looking-means and the plum ge-r tongue ofthe' said rneans to engage in a notch of saidmeans the said viewfdisclosging in one direction that the said-tongue may @be'turne'd fromnotch to notch without aflecting'the locking efi'ectof'the saiddevice; and

Figs, 7 or 8, showing theshiftablefoot with overlapping lips for engaging the shoe sur-' faces on; both sides and thereby holding in any required shiftable position the.foot in engagement. with the ratcheted' surface of H thesaidshoe member. Fig. 4; is anenlarged-horizontal:sectional I elevation on the line '44,o'f Fig. 3', showing the hexagonal portion of the vertical spindle, havinga fixed shoe aspart thereof and with a shiftablefoot andvthef movable re f Referring to the drawings a, represents.

. theback ofv a motor car-body from which exe tend brackets and 0 31161 nth Figs. 2 and'3, to Whicha flanged rim a is suitably secured.

recess e spindles If andb provided at the outer ends Wide-one ofthe recessed shoes for reception not shown, from one of the rims as bathe with clamping shoes 3) and 6 for engaging tire rims a and 6 These shoes are respectively provided on one side, the right hand one, with a recess 6", for the reception of a tire-tube, and the other shoe has formed in one surface a ratchet 12 and is provided with a' shifta-ble toothed foot 6, having overlapping lips b ito engageboth sides of the shoe and thus forming a means to permit of the ready shifting of the foot along the ratcheted surface of the said shoe and into a'position to form a recessof varying length to suit a tire rim as a of any required size for thereby holding a tire-tube not shown, in a locked position thereon and as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

Through the threaded bore 6 ofthe yoke b, engages a .vertical spindle 0, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. This spindle c, is formed 'in-the lower portion with an enlarged threaded surface c and with a hexagonal-shaped portion cfihaving a terminal hearing 0 as shown in Fig. 8, which engages a shoe 0*. This shoe is provided with a ratcheted surface 0 and with which engage the teeth 0 of a foot 0 Fig. 8, to proand holding in place'of one of the tire rims as at, in Figs. '2 and 8.

A sleeve (1, is slidably mounted on the spindle 0, so as to engage the hexagonals aped portion 0 of the said spindle. This sleeve is provided with a recessed shoe (P, Fig. 8, for reception of a tire rim as 22 The extension of the sleeve d, in that part forming the body of the recessed shoe (Z is provided with a locking-means e, of the Yale or other type. clearly illustrated in Fig. 8, is provided a tongue 6 shiftably engagingthe slot 0 of a vertically arranged plunger 6 held in po' sition in the slotted chamber ol of the sleeve body cl, by means of a helical spring a, holding normally the plunger e in a notch ofa recessed ring f. The notch formation F, of this ring'is arranged preferably as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, and so as to permit 1 of the turning while engaged by the plunger 6 in one direction without aifecting the locked relationship between the ring 7, and the sleeve 0 and at the same time notto permit in such condition of unwinding of the said ring on the threaded portion c ,'of the spindle 0, until the plunger 6 is released from the said ring f. To release a tire-tube,

lock 6, by; means of a key inserted in the slot 0 is turned to cause the tongue cl, in

the position shown in Fig, to depress the a notch of said ring, substantially'as and the purposes described.

lun er 6 so as to com ress the SJI'lII e b b which it is held in normal osition whereby the ring f, can then be turned on the threaded portion 0 of the spindle c, to permit the sleeve d, to be elevated on the portion 0 of the spindle o, and thus the rim of a tire-tube held thereon to be readily removed. The reverse mode of operation as hereinabove described of the said members jects of'my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An auto tire-tube carrier, comprising a yoke having shoes, each'having a recess in one part and in the other a shiftable foot, for clenchingly engaging a rim of a tire tube, a spindle engaging said yoke and provided with threaded and unthreaded portions and having a shoe with a shiftable foot, a sleeve mounted on said spindle and having a recessed shoe, a locking-means provided with a plunger and a notched ring threading with said spindle and arranged to permit the plunger of said means to engage or 2. An auto tire-tube carrier, comprising a yoke having shoes, each having a recess in one part and in the other a shiftable foot for clenchingly engaging the rim of a tire-tube, a spindle threaded to said yoke'having a hexagonal-shaped portion, a sleeve for engaging the hexagonal portion of said spindle provided with a locking-means having a spring actuated plunger and a notched ring "for engaging the plunger of said means, substantially as and for the purposes de- In the sleeve body d, as 1 the saidsleeve provided with a recessed shoe for a tire-tube rim, substantially as and for the purposes described.

4;. An auto tire-tube carrier, comprising a yoke supporting the spindles of recessed shoes connected therewith, said yoke having vertical spindle threaded thereto and having an unthreaded portion and a shoe havspindle and arranged to' lockingl; engage mg a shiftable foot, a sleeve slidable on said the unthreaded portion of said spindle, said sleeve provided with a locking-means havmy signature in the presence of two subing a spring actuated plunger, a notched I, scribing witnesses. i ring mounted on said spindle and arranged j 1 v CHARLES JERABEK to permit of said plunger engaging a notch u, I I of said ring, substantiallyfas andfor the I Witnesses: purposes described. i J. WALTERDOUGLASS, In Witness Where0f,-I have hereunto set VROSEVE. MCCARTHY; 

